<i>- Power Savings Verified by New York State Energy
Research and Development Authority -</i>
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<b>SUNNYVALE,
Calif. – Feb. 12, 2013</b> – AMD
(NYSE: AMD) today announced that Livestream,
the company that connects millions of people over the Internet to live events,
has deployed AMD’s SeaMicro SM15000T
server with SeaMicro FreedomT Fabric Storage as the core platform to provide
live video and collaboration services. The SeaMicro SM15000 server was selected
by Livestream because it provides the high performance computing required for
live video transcoding and doubles computing density while reducing power
consumption. The additional resources provide Livestream with ample capacity
for expansion.

The overall analysis by
Livestream showed that the SeaMicro SM15000 server provided significant energy
savings compared to solutions from the other leading server vendors, as
verified by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
(NYSERDA). Livestream received a grant from NYSERDA that covered a significant
portion of the SeaMicro SM15000 server purchase price. NYSERDA was established
to help New York meet its energy goals of reducing energy consumption,
promoting the use of renewable energy sources, and protecting the environment.
The grant was based on an audited proposal and on-site inspection to verify the
power savings.

”Our data center has plenty of
rack space, but we just could not fill them with servers because we could not
get enough power to the racks,” said Thomas Bonnin, chief architect,
Livestream. ”SeaMicro technology provides the highest density servers on the
market allowing us to get multiple racks of servers into a quarter of a rack
with AMD’s SeaMicro SM15000 system. What’s more, the technology allows us to
reduce power consumption and the resulting cost savings goes straight to our
bottom line. The SeaMicro SM15000 server also allowed us to double our
computing capacity while at the same time retiring our energy-inefficient
servers.”

As a result of its rapid growth,
Livestream is building out an architecture that will scale to support hundreds
of millions of people. After rigorous testing and evaluation, Livestream
selected AMD’s SeaMicro SM15000 high density server because in addition to
providing reduced power consumption, it was optimized for Internet applications
while providing the compute power to transcode live video. The SeaMicro
platform was tested to be used for front end web applications, backend
application programming interfaces (API), workflow systems and streaming
infrastructure.

”We went through a rigorous set
of testing benchmarks as Livestream evaluated servers from the leading vendors
in the market,” said Andrew Feldman, corporate vice president and general
manager, Data Center Server Solutions, AMD. ”Real time video transcoding is one
the most demanding applications for a server, and our SM15000 server with the
Freedom Fabric’s 1.28 terabits-per-second bisectional bandwidth proved to be
the winning platform. It not only delivers the computing power and low latency
needed, but also creates compelling savings in both space and power.”

More information on AMD’s
SeaMicro technology is available at www.seamicro.com.
<b>About Livestream</b>

Livestream’s mission is to
connect people and live events. Livestream offers event owners a complete set
of hardware and software tools to share their events with a growing community
online. More than 30 million viewers each month watch thousands
of&nbsp;live&nbsp;events from customers including The New York Times, Facebook,
ESPN, SpaceX and Warner Bros. Records. Founded in 2007,&nbsp;Livestream&nbsp;is
headquartered in New York with offices in Los Angeles, Ukraine and India. For
more information, visit www.livestream.com.

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